When the ATO’s Top 1,000 Tax Performance Program (under which Streamlined Assurance Reviews (SARs) are conducted) comes to an end in December, the Top 1,000 Combined Assurance Review (CAR program) will begin – combining both income tax and GST reviews for the Top 1,000 taxpayers.
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Transfer pricing considerations in an economic downturn
Now is the time for multinational enterprises to consider changes to transfer pricing policies.
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WEBINAR: CAR/SAR Assurance Reviews Webinar: Live Q&A! How will you prepare for an ATO review?
How will you prepare for an ATO CAR/SAR review? Let the ATO’s leading specialists answer your pressing questions!
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FinCEN leaks highlight need for “radical” approach to tackling financial crime
Governments need to consider taking more “radical” measures to tackle financial crime threats in the wake of the FinCEN Files, even if there is a risk of “intelligence leakage”, an industry poll has found.
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Geopolitical impacts on global supply chains
Most of the time, supply chains work seamlessly. That is, until a geopolitical stressor exposes the weaknesses of a system with too much efficiency and not enough resilience.
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Regulation of Auditing: Senate Committee report tabled
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has tabled its final report into the Regulation of Auditing in Australia.
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Tranche too hard: Australia edges forward with glacial AML/CTF law reform agenda
Australia has revived its sclerotic anti-money laundering (AML) law reform program with the long-awaited “Phase 1.5” legislation moving through the federal Lower House.
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Corporate tax compliance expectations post-COVID: ATO speech
The ATO has reminded company executives to consider the potential reputational impact from their tax decisions in a post-COVID world.
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Australia’s AML law reforms have been “mogged” in political reshuffle
Australia’s long-awaited Tranche 2 anti-money laundering (AML) laws have become the victim of a departmental reshuffle, a process known in political circles as being “mogged”, according to a senior bureaucrat.
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Cost of Compliance Report 2020: COVID-19 Update
Thomson Reuters has released its Cost of Compliance 2020: COVID-19 Update, in addition to its unparalleled 11th Regulatory Intelligence Cost of Compliance Report.
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